Patriots Sign Ex-49ers LB T.J. Slaughter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Patriots signed LB T.J. Slaughter, formerly of the 49ers. Slaughter, 30, was out of football last year. He has experience at inside linebacker in a 3-4 defense, but will be lucky to last through the summer.

i would just accept the fact that none of them will ever know whats it like to have an undefeated team playing in the playoffs. i give everybody in boston/new england a free pass for any foolishness this season, its a once and a lifetime thing and was enjoyed by all. if they had won and we didn't act the way we did we'd regret it 10 years from now when our team is that season's miami dolphins.

the pats are at $107,628,738 against the cap (a projected $8,500,000 under the 2008 cap) for the 48 players listed above. The guys that i've included their "cut-cap-hit" are guys that I think could be cut at some point this offseason (saving $16,914,160 before any restructures).

I'd rather put just put Bob and Jonathan Kraft at Tackle and save the money they'd otherwise waste on Light and Kaczur. Do the coordinators' salaries count towards the cap? If so, we could save some dough by replacing McDaniels with a coat rack.

Why no, I'm not bitter. Why do you ask?

_________________"Do you realize that even as we sit here, we are hurtling through space at a tremendous rate of speed?Think about it. Our world is just a hanging curveball."-Bill Lee

Rosevelt Colvin-----------$7,634,720 ($1,828,000 cap hit if cut after June 1, no cap hit in '09)Donte' Stallworth---------$6,573,386 ($1,566,666 '08 cap hit if cut after June 1 2008, $6,266,668 cap hit in '09)Matt Light----------------$5,008,387 ($1,252,167 cap hit if cut after June 1, same cap hit in '09)Kevin Faulk---------------$3,503,720 ($497,000 cap hit if cut after June 1, same cap hit in '09)Kyle Brady----------------$3,006,720 ($1,000,000 cap hit if cut after June 1, no cap hit in '09)Stephen Neal-------------$3,006,720 ($800,000 cap hit if cut after June 1, same cap hit in '09)Rodney Harrison-----------$3,738,483 ($731,763 cap hit if cut after June 1, no cap hit in '09)Sammy Morris-------------$2,131,720 ($375,000 cap hit if cut after June 1, $750,000 cap hit in '09)Kelley Washington---------$1,766,720 ($860,000 cap hit if cut after June 1, $2,580,000 cap hit in '09)Chad Jackson-------------$1,097,686 ($549,166 cap hit if cut after June 1, no cap hit in '09)Russ Hochstein-------------$870,054 ($133,334 cap hit if cut after June 1, no cap hit in '09)Heath Evans----------------$861,720 ($125,000 cap hit if cut after June 1, no cap hit in '09)Chris Hanson----------------$736,720 (no cap hit if cut after june 1)Willie Andrews---------------$463,345 ($11,625 cap hit if cut after June 1) << recently arrested for major pot possession>> T.J. Slaughter---------------$451,720 ($7,620 cap hit if cut after June 1)

cutting these guys would save the pats $31,114,480 against the '08 cap ($76,514,258 total for 33 players). but the guys i've highlighted would already count for $9,596,668 against next year's cap; not the mention the other guys listed would bring the '09 cap "penalties" to $12,145,835.

as I understand it, if guys like stallworth, morris, washington, light, colvin, faulk and/or harrison restructure their deals, then the cap figures above are meaningless and the pats can save money and the players could be guaranteed more money in future seasons. if they're cut outright and then signed to new deals, the above numbers are still in play (paid to each player).

this should all be obvious stuff to most of us, but i'm curious to see how much of a benefit it would be to cut some of these players. obviously, guys like stallworth, washington and morris aren't worth the '09 cap hits. and guys like faulk, light, harrison and colvin aren't worth losing to another team. so it looks like the pats have a lot of guys (starting with brady) to renegotiate with to try and make more "space" to retain guys like moss, gaffney, samuel, gay and wilson (and/or players from outside the organization).

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The Patriots have informed WR Kelley Washington that they don't plan to pick up his $4 million option bonus but are interested in him returning with a reworked deal, an NFL source told the Boston Globe's Christopher L. Gasper.

If the sides don't reach a reworked deal, Washington, a top special teams performer, will become an unrestricted free agent Feb. 29.

I agree. He was great after the catch but I'd prefer they spend the $ on Gaffney.

maybe they could cut him and just re-work a deal like GH pondered earlier.

They could, but we all know who his agent is, and unless he really, really wants to stay I see him leaving.

He's gone. Let the Chad Jackson era begin, I think he will have a good year next year. According to the Globe Moss took him under his wing and has been getting on his ass about studying the playbook and route running.

He's gone. Let the Chad Jackson era begin, I think he will have a good year next year. According to the Globe Moss took him under his wing and has been getting on his ass about studying the playbook and route running.

I agree. He was great after the catch but I'd prefer they spend the $ on Gaffney.

maybe they could cut him and just re-work a deal like GH pondered earlier.

They could, but we all know who his agent is, and unless he really, really wants to stay I see him leaving.

He's gone. Let the Chad Jackson era begin, I think he will have a good year next year. According to the Globe Moss took him under his wing and has been getting on his ass about studying the playbook and route running.

I have high hopes for Jackson, given his size and speed. I still remeber his first catch two years ago, which was sweet, but the fucker better be ready. He's got alot to prove with that injured knee.I guess they say it takes almost two years to fully recover from ACLs.

i didn't realize Faulk had such a big role last season. i think its safe to say he's not slowing down.

boston.com wrote:

Faulk, [whom] most would call a third-down back. Yet [he] played more snaps than any other running back on the roster (44 percent) and suited up for every game of the season (only the second time in his nine years that has happened). He had 63 carries for a 4.3 avg. and caught 47 passes for 383 yards (8.1 avg.).

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